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Jack Douglas, Revered Rock Producer for John Lennon and Aerosmith, Dead at 80

Rolling Stone·Jon Blistein·20 days ago
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Douglas also helmed records by Cheap Trick and the Patti Smith Group and worked with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, the Who, and New York Dolls Jack Douglas, the revered producer behind hit records for John Lennon , Aerosmith , Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, and more, died on Monday. He was 80. Douglas’ daughter, Sarah, confirmed her father’s death to Rolling Stone , adding he died from complications from lymphoma. “He most enjoyed being with his family — his wife, his four children and five grandchildren — and he died peacefully, with us surrounding him,” his family said in a statement. “He lived an incredible life and was an amazing storyteller. He was very, very funny and goofy and loved to tell jokes. He loved what he did, and he worked til the very end. We will miss him a lot.” Douglas worked on some of the biggest albums of the Seventies and early Eighties, including Aerosmith’s Toys in the Attic and Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy .…

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